Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2026 (Boys U18)

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Qazvin, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 2088, and top seed was Ilia Hojjatinejad (🇮🇷 IRI, 2245).

Erfan Ahmadi (🇮🇷 IRI, 2193) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Amirreza Kerdegar (7.0) and Arsam Rajabzadeh (6.0). Ahmadi won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Hadi Mehrkhah (1858) beat Mani Parham Asl (2154), a +296-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Qazvin, Iran

Dates

15 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Ilia Hojjatinejad2245

Avg top 10

2,088

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×35

Top 3

🥇
Erfan Ahmadi
🇮🇷IRI·2193
7.5pts·2321perf+56.0
🥈
Amirreza Kerdegar
🇮🇷IRI·2127
7.0pts·2252perf+59.2
🥉
Arsam Rajabzadeh
🇮🇷IRI·1997
6.0pts·2114perf+56.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Erfan Ahmadi led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ahmadi7.5Kerdegar7Rajabzadeh6Kouchaki6Kharamin6Saghaei5.5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Erfan Ahmadi held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Erfan Ahmadi lost to Amirreza Kerdegar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Erfan Ahmadi 5 wins (R1–R5)Amirreza Kerdegar 3 wins (R5–R7)Arsam Rajabzadeh 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Erfan Ahmadi	*	0	1	1
2Amirreza Kerdegar	1	*	—	—
3Arsam Rajabzadeh	0	—	*	1
4Amirreza Kouchaki	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ahmadi, Erfan	2193	IRI	+20N	+5B	+18N	+6B	+17N	=12B	−2N	+4B	+3N	7.5	44.5	49.0	39.50	2321	+56.0
2	Kerdegar, Amirreza	2127	IRI	+11B	+23N	=12N	−17B	+10B	+7N	+1B	=6N	+14B	7.0	43.0	47.0	37.25	2252	+59.2
3	Rajabzadeh, Arsam	1997	IRI	−19N	+4B	+11N	+24B	+5N	=6B	=12N	+13N	−1B	6.0	44.5	48.5	31.25	2114	+56.0
4	Kouchaki, Amirreza	2011	IRI	=21B	−3N	+32B	+22B	+25N	=17B	+5N	−1N	+11B	6.0	41.0	44.0	26.25	2018	+9.6
5	Kharamin, Iman	1929	IRI	+29B	−1N	+28B	+19N	−3B	+21N	−4B	+27N	+10B	6.0	40.0	43.5	24.00	2017	+42.8
6	Majidzadeh, Amirhossein	2151	IRI	F	+9B	+27N	−1N	+18B	=3N	=13B	=2B	+7N	5.5	44.5	44.5	28.00	2157	+4.4
7	Rezaeipour, Sina	2039	IRI	+26N	+24B	=17N	=12B	=13N	−2B	+27N	+8B	−6B	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.25	2097	+29.6
8	Shakibaei Yekta, Ouriya	1923	IRI	+15N	−17B	−22N	+29B	+14N	=27B	+9N	−7N	+19B	5.5	37.5	41.0	25.25	1923	+5.6
9	Saghaei, Parsina	1900	IRI	+34B	−6N	=25B	−10N	+28B	+23N	−8B	+18N	+24B	5.5	36.0	38.0	20.00	1950	+27.2
10	Rabbani, Abtin	1966	IRI	+22N	=19B	−13N	+9B	−2N	+24B	=17N	+15B	−5N	5.0	41.5	45.5	23.00	1931	-13.6
11	Arsalani, Arshia	1797	IRI	−2N	+15B	−3B	=28N	+30N	=22B	+25N	+24B	−4N	5.0	39.5	42.5	19.75	1868	+29.6
12	Hojjatinejad, Ilia	2245	IRI	+16B	+13N	=2B	=7N	+27B	=1N	=3B	F	F	5.0	39.5	39.5	26.50	2171	-17.6
13	Kalvandi, Mohammad naeim	1938	IRI	+30N	−12B	+10B	+21N	=7B	+18N	=6N	−3B	F	5.0	38.5	38.5	22.00	2076	+58.0
14	Mehrkhah, Hadi	1858	IRI	+35N	−18B	+33B	−27N	−8B	+31N	+22N	+17B	−2N	5.0	34.5	35.5	15.00	1865	0.0
15	Mosavi, Seyed Mohammadhosein	1615	IRI	−8B	−11N	+35B	+16N	−21B	+32N	+33B	−10N	+23B	5.0	34.0	35.0	15.50	1810	+64.0
16	Zareie, Kamyar	1853	IRI	−12N	−21N	+31B	−15B	+26N	−19B	+29N	+30B	+22N	5.0	33.0	36.0	17.50	1795	-30.0
17	Parham Asl, Mani	2154	IRI	+32B	+8N	=7B	+2N	−1B	=4N	=10B	−14N	F	4.5	44.5	44.5	23.75	2033	-44.4
18	Jalali Bidakhavidi, Armin	1992	IRI	+28B	+14N	−1B	+23N	−6N	−13B	=19N	−9B	+26N	4.5	41.0	44.5	18.75	1914	-36.4
19	Jafari, Behnia	1758	IRI	+3B	=10N	=21B	−5B	−24N	+16N	=18B	+20N	−8N	4.5	40.5	44.5	22.25	1905	+69.2
20	Zamani, Shayan	1822	IRI	−1B	−29N	−30N	+36B	+34N	=25B	+31N	−19B	+28B	4.5	31.0	31.5	11.00	1689	-60.4
21	Eslami, Hesam	1786	IRI	=4N	+16B	=19N	−13B	+15N	−5B	−24N	−26B	+30N	4.0	39.5	42.5	18.25	1785	-0.8
22	Haghighinia, Amir Ali	1694	IRI	−10B	+36N	+8B	−4N	=23B	=11N	−14B	+32N	−16B	4.0	38.5	39.0	13.50	1801	+38.4
23	Reshad, Radin	1889	IRI	+31N	−2B	+29N	−18B	=22N	−9B	=26N	+25B	−15N	4.0	37.5	40.5	14.50	1735	-68.0
24	Rismanchi, Ramtin	1879	IRI	+36B	−7N	+34B	−3N	+19B	−10N	+21B	−11N	−9N	4.0	37.5	38.0	11.00	1769	-48.4
25	Ghaffarifar, Emad	1680	IRI	−27N	+35B	=9N	+30B	−4B	=20N	−11B	−23N	+31B	4.0	34.5	35.5	12.00	1739	+18.0
26	Hatami, Matin	1791	IRI	−7B	−34N	+36B	=33N	−16B	+28N	=23B	+21N	−18B	4.0	31.0	31.5	11.25	1742	-21.2
27	Khosravi, Korosh	1941	IRI	+25B	+33N	−6B	+14B	−12N	=8N	−7B	−5B	F	3.5	39.0	39.0	14.25	1873	-28.8
28	Rokhjavan, Mahdi	1747	IRI	−18N	+31B	−5N	=11B	−9N	−26B	+35N	+33B	−20N	3.5	35.0	36.0	9.00	1600	-50.0
29	Ramezanlou, Taha	1626	IRI	−5N	+20B	−23B	−8N	−31B	+36N	−16B	+34N	=35B	3.5	31.0	31.5	7.50	1641	-1.2
30	Shahbazi, Hirad	1674	IRI	−13B	=32N	+20B	−25N	−11B	=33N	+36B	−16N	−21B	3.0	33.0	33.5	7.75	1582	-29.6
31	Shabani, Saleh	1577	IRI	−23B	−28N	−16N	+34B	+29N	−14B	−20B	+36N	−25N	3.0	31.5	32.0	6.00	1567	-8.4
32	Yazdani, Alireza	1805	IRI	−17N	=30B	−4N	+35N	=33B	−15B	+34N	−22B	F	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.75	1599	-67.6
33	Rahmati, Mohammad	0	IRI	F	−27B	−14N	=26B	=32N	=30B	−15N	−28N	+34B	2.5	29.0	29.0	7.00	1613	0.0
34	Rostami, Ahoora	1601	IRI	−9N	+26B	−24N	−31N	−20B	+35N	−32B	−29B	−33N	2.0	30.0	31.0	5.00	1462	-41.2
35	Amani, Aryan	0	IRI	−14B	−25N	−15N	−32B	=36N	−34B	−28B	F	=29N	1.0	26.5	26.5	2.00	1283	0.0
36	FIDE 562049429	0	—	−24N	−22B	−26N	−20N	=35B	−29B	−30N	−31B	F	0.5	27.0	27.0	0.50	923	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Jafari, BehniaIRI
+69.2
4.5 pts · #15
2Mosavi, Seyed MohammadhoseinIRI
+64.0
5.0 pts · #24
3Kerdegar, AmirrezaIRI
+59.2
7.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Reshad, RadinIRI
-68.0
4.0 pts · #19
2Yazdani, AlirezaIRI
-67.6
3.0 pts · #33
3Zamani, ShayanIRI
-60.4
4.5 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R8+296 Elo gap
Mehrkhah, Hadi1858 beat Parham Asl, Mani2154
R9+274 Elo gap
Mosavi, Seyed Mohammadhosein1615 beat Reshad, Radin1889
R1+239 Elo gap
Jafari, Behnia1758 beat Rajabzadeh, Arsam1997